Dustin Pollack
Digital Journalist based in Thornhill, ON, Canada.
Joined on Sep 11, 2009
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If it’s at all possible, Sidney Crosby looked better in his return to the NHL after a 10-month layoff than he did when he left (He was on pace for 64 goals and 132 points.)
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While the skills of Nathan Horton and Peter Mueller will never be compared to those of Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby, it’s worth giving the two forwards a closer look in the early part of the 2011-2012 NHL campaign.
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Let’s go back to the 2000 NHL Entry Draft for a moment. With the first overall pick the New York Islanders selected goaltender Rick DiPietro, prompting general manager Mike Millbury to trade prospect Roberto Luongo (cue laugh track).
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As September baseball begins to wind down in Toronto, the Blue Jays foresee yet another year without baseball in October – the fifteenth straight season to be exact.
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From top to bottom the Western Conference is generally seen as the stronger of the two in the NHL. But even though the Vancouver Canucks finished with a whopping 117 points last year, the 2010-2011 season didn’t end with a Western champion.
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It was just three months ago that the Boston Bruins and Zdeno Chara specifically, emphatically hoisted the Stanley Cup, which led to what will forever be known as the Vancouver riots.
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“And here he comes, number 13 in your programs and number one in your hearts.” It was perhaps a cliché, over used movie reference that Jerry Howarth used to describe Brett Lawrie last Tuesday night; but for some reason it sounded right.
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We’ve been spoiled. I feel it every time I hear a Leafs fan say they’re fed up with Nazem Kadri and every time a hockey fan ponders why Tyler Seguin only scored 11 goals in his rookie season after being drafted second overall.
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The Ottawa Senators have found their replacement for former head coach Cory Clouston, officially hiring Paul MacLean as the teams new bench boss.
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Dallas won its first NBA championship, defeating the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals 105-95. Dirk Nowitzki took home the NBA Finals MVP award.
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It was supposed to be Lebron James’ night. After James put up an abysmal eight points in Game 4 on Wednesday, the statistics showed that he'd respond with a big performance in Game 5.
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Ricky Romero pitched an eight-inning complete game, but the Jays offense couldn’t muster more than two runs falling to the Kansas City Royals 3-2 this afternoon.
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The Toronto Maple Leafs have agreed to terms on a three-year deal with James Reimer, one that would keep the 23-year-old goaltender in Toronto until the end of the 2013-2014 NHL season.
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Dirk Nowitzki scored 21 points and the Dallas Mavericks rallied in the fourth quarter again to defeat the Miami Heat 86-83 in Game 4 of the NBA Finals and tie the series at 2-2.
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Adam Lind and J.P Arcencibia each hit homeruns as the Toronto Blue Jays bounced back from a loss Monday to beat the Kansas City Royals 8-5 tonight.
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At 43 years old, Boston Bruins forward Mark Recchi is still a valuable commodity around the NHL. Currently in his 22nd season Recchi may not be the top-flight forward he once was, but he’s still playing a major impact on the Bruins Stanley Cup run.
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It was a battle of the bullpens at Kauffman Stadium tonight as the Toronto Blue Jays fell 3-2 in 11 innings to the Kansas City Royals.
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Former New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress was released from prison today after spending the last 20 months behind bars for criminal possession of a weapon and reckless endangerment.
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From the point he was drafted until the beginning of the 2010-2011 NHL season Tyler Seguin was the talk of the Boston Bruins.
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Adam Lind hit two homeruns and went 4-for-4 at the plate helping the Jays to a 7-4 victory over the Baltimore Orioles this afternoon.
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